There are many nice things about Victoria’s Hotel Grand Pacific, but the thing that stands out for me is the ducks—live ducks—dozens of live ducks—ducks of various sizes and colours—quacking up a storm and frolicking in the water features just outside the front door. The guests watch them. Children delight in them! The hotel employees clean up after them. The groundskeeper brings his wife down on the weekends to see them. Channel 62 on Hotel TV features them.
“Where do they sleep?” I asked the groundskeeper on our last morning in Victoria. I felt I could not leave without knowing for sure. After dark there was no sign of them anywhere. I half expected him to tell me they had rooms on the 13th floor.
”Over at Esquimalt,” he told us. Apparently they just fly across the bay before dark. They are perfectly free to do this, seeing as how they are wild ducks, not subject to contractual obligations. Still I can’t help but wonder what kind of night time accommodation is acceptable to ducks who spend their days at a 5-star hotel.
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